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I make mine a bit simpler than most, but I do have a reason for doing so. It’s because I love to add a tablespoon or so of fresh green chile salsa as a garnish on the plate, and that really livens it up! So if you don’t want to use salsa as a condiment for this dish, just include your favorite chile chopped up to the sauteing of the onion and green pepper and you’re good to go.

INGREDIENTS:

1 c regular long-grained rice

1/2 c of diced onion

1/2 c diced green pepper, or red

1/2 tsp cumin

1/3 c chopped cilantro

1 15oz can of tomato sauce

2/3 c chicken stock

salt and pepper to taste

canola oil for sauteing

INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat up about 2 tbsp of canola oil in a skillet and saute onion and green pepper until softened. Add the rice and saute until it is browned.

Add the rest of the ingredients, cover and simmer until liquid is absorbed.

Serve with green chile salsa on the side.

Serves: 6

NOTE: Diced fresh or canned tomatoes can be used instead of tomato sauce if you desire. Adjust the liquid so that you have a total of approximately 1 2/3 c. Corn is also a possible addition. I’d say about a cup of kernels, frozen or fresh.

Like this:

This recipe comes direct and untouched from Elizabeth Handlon at JustaPinch.

I fixed this today for dinner and it turned out wonderfully. We really enjoyed it, and this will be part of my rotating menu forthwith.

I made a weird version of “dirty rice” to accompany it, which I’ll briefly describe. This would also work nicely as an appetizer finger food during game season.

INGREDIENTS:

1 chicken breast, deboned, and cut into about 8 pieces

Enough bacon to wrap all the pieces in. (I used 1/2 lb)

BBQ sauce (she recommends Uncle Baby Ray’s sweet honey)

soy sauce

mustard powder

ginger powder

garlic powder

sesame seed oil

sugar to sweeten if you need it

(she suggests considering pineapple juice as a possibility as well)

DIRECTIONS:

Wrap the pieces of chicken with the bacon and saute until bacon is crisp. You can bake if you like.

Mix the rest of ingredients. She does this by feel. I can say I used about 1/2 BBQ sauce, about 1/8 c soy, a tsp mustard, ginger, garlic, about 6 shakes of the sesame oil. And I didn’t use the sugar. My BBQ is sweet.

Once the bacon is crispy, place in a small baking dish, best if they are kinda cramped which keeps the sauce on top.

Cover with sauce, and bake for 20-30 min. at 350°.

As to the rice:

I simply used the same saute pan with the bacon drippings, sautéed one cup rice until a bit browned and toasty. Then I added 2 cups beef broth (cuz I had some open! chicken would be fine), covered and reduced until nearly absorbed. I then added a cup of green peas and a cup of corn, and heated through. Salt and Pepper to taste. We used the rice as a bed for the chicken.

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